Being the second-highest official in the country does not stop Vice President Leni Robredo from worrying about her second daughter, Dr. Tricia Robredo, amid the surging coronavirus cases in the country. 

In a Facebook post, the vice president shared that she has been receiving reports of people she knows who are infected by the virus. 

“Some are in the ICU (intensive care unit) and one is intubated. It’s really hitting closer and closer to home for most of us,” she said. 

Robredo then messaged Tricia who is currently on hospital duty “to ask how she is.”

Tricia, the lady official said, sent her a photo of herself in full personal protective equipment (PPE) suit with her face covered with a face mask and face shield. 

While her daughter is not in a COVID-19 ward “but just seeing patients today,” Robredo can’t help but worry. 

“As a parent, I still worry. But this is nothing compared to what the families of those who are sick and those who died must be feeling right now,” she said.

“Let us pray for their comfort and strength. Let us pray for the healing of all those who are sick and protection for those caring for the sick. Let us also pray for wisdom and guidance for our policy makers and decision makers. These are very difficult times. But, together, we can get through this.”

Meanwhile, Tricia posted on her Instagram account that she already received her anti-COVID-19 jab.

After receiving the first dose of what she called as the AZ (AstraZeneca) vaccine, Tricia did say that she experienced a 40-degree Celsius fever after 15 hours of the vaccine administration. 

Robredo’s daughter also said she had “a 10/10 splitting headache that kept me up all night.”

The 0-10 pain scale is used in the medical community for patient self-reporting the level of pain they have endured or are enduring.

“While I’m grateful to have gotten the shot, I can’t rejoice completely until our colleagues, my family and everyone else get theirs. More than urging you to get jabbed once it’s available, I hope we also demand for an improvement in our vaccine rollout,” Tricia said. 

She then threw shade at their detractors who supposedly “fought me over vaccines back in 2019.”

Tricia echoed her mother’s call for the government to improve the rollout of the vaccination program. 

“And while we hold our highest officials accountable, I hope we continue to be responsible too. Our privilege and negative tests don’t exempt us from following protocols.”

Tricia, one of the vice president’s three daughters with the late former Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo, received her medical degree from the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health. She passed the Physician Licensure Exam in November 2020.